56: Adult Stepfamilies
Blended families that form when children are in their late teens or adult years are adult stepfamilies. We often mistakenly think these families have few adjustments to make. Listen to Ron Deal's conversation with Terry & Carol Moss, Brandon Moss, and Nina Thomas on how they've navigated multiple transitions in their adult stepfamily.
Show Notes
About the Host
About the Guest
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.
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Brandon Moss
Brandon is the youngest son of Terry Moss from his first marriage. Brandon currently lives in Maryland with his wife, Jessica, and his two sons Nehemiah and Malachi.
Nina Thomas
Nina is the youngest child of Carol Moss. She is 30 years old and recently moved from her hometown in Chicago, IL to Charlotte, NC.
Terry and Carol Moss
Terry and Carol are the founders and executive officers of One Flesh Ministries. In addition, they lead the Prep for Marriage classes, facilitate ReEngage (a 16-week Marriage Enrichment Group), and are leaders/instructors for the Blended Families Ministry at Christ Fellowship Church in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Previously they established the blended family ministry at Calvary Church in Naperville, Illinois. They are certified marriage mentors and...more
Adult stepfamilies—when children are adults from the beginning—experience as many transitions as those with young kids. Listen to Ron Deal’s conversation with Terry Moss & his family on how they worked through the adjustments in their adult stepfamily.
